October 14, 2026
Adelaide Film Festival handed us 39 trailers and a custom track by Matt Mackenzie-Smith. We cut them into one 2026 festival trailer, delivered it in nine versions, and watched it premiere at the AFF Program Launch Night.
Deliverables
Crew
Premiere
Adelaide Film Festival needed a trailer that captured the energy, excitement and (most importantly) variety of films for their 2026 program.
Lead editor Brody King combed all 39 trailers for moments that mirror or resemble each other, then built montages around them: eyes from film after film, hands being held, radios clicking on. Flicking fast through these shared moments ties separate stories into one. Brody and Matt worked back and forth, tweaking the edit and the track until picture and music locked together.
A 60-second main trailer, plus 30-second and 15-second cutdowns, each delivered in 16:9, 9:16 and square. Matt supplied matching cutdowns of the track, and Brody recut each version to land on them, so every length holds the same rhythm in less time.
The trailer premiered it at the Adelaide Film Festival Program Launch Night at the Capri Theatre, playing to a cinema full of industry people.
CREW
Lead Editor: Brody King | Composer: Matt Mackenzie-Smith
